Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the opening of the 14th Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo.
From February 8 to 19, 1984, Sarajevo was the center of the world, and the entire former Yugoslavia participated in the organization of the Olympics.
Companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as from all over Yugoslavia, were engaged in the construction of the facilities. At the same time, each of the RTV houses from the republics of the former Yugoslavia, from Ljubljana to Pristina and Skopje, had one arena that it covered. Sarajevo was experiencing development in all spheres at that time and a positive social climate was created.
What the Sarajevo Olympic Games will be remembered for is the snow that fell the night before the opening ceremony. Students from the First and Second Gymnasiums then removed the snow from the chairs in the stadium with their hands, so that the opening would take place without any problems.
The Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo cost a total of $141,647,000 and ended with a surplus of $12,000,000, making them the first Olympic Games to end with a surplus. All previous ones had debts and many cities had difficulty covering their costs.
The Sarajevo Games were record-breaking in many ways. They were the first games not boycotted by the North Atlantic or Warsaw Pact, and they were a record in terms of the number of participating countries.
They were watched by about two and a half billion viewers worldwide, there were 49 national teams, 222 medals were awarded, 2,691 athletes and coaches participated, 640,000 tickets were sold, and they were followed by 7,825 journalists and 760 editorial offices.
The most successful countries were the then East Germany (nine gold, nine silver and six bronze medals) and the USSR (six gold, 10 silver and nine bronze medals), BHRT writes.
